Half to james noble



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. \VHIPPLE, OF WVESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JAMES NOBLE, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,327, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed October 10, 1890- Serial No. 367,660. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: improved lining and with the usual rattan Be it known that I, GEORGE E. \VHIPPLE, whip-body construction an excellent whip is a citizen of the United States, residing at produced at a moderate price.

Westfield, in the county of Hampden and It is obvious that by using a compound 5 State ofMassachusetts,haveinventednew and core, as described, with the same lining a useful Improvements in \Vhips, of which the correspondingly improved whip maybe made. following is a specification. The sidings 3 of the whip, also of rattan This invention relates to whips, and has for strips, are, like the said core 2, ordinarily of its object an improved construction in relarectangular form in cross-section, (excepting IO tion to that part thereof which is termed the that their outer sides are slightly curved,) and whip-liningthat is to say, the part which are applied directly against the sides of the lies directly against and envelops the rattan core. The chuck strips or pieces 4 are likeor other internal whip-body, and which in wise of rattan and are fitted into and fill the turn is entirely enveloped by the outer or corners between said sidings, and the latter 6 :5 plaited covering of the whip, all as hereinare solidly cemented to the core, and the after fully described. chuck-pieces are connected in like manner to In the drawings forming part of this specithe sidings in the positions clearly shown in fication, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the Figs. 2 and 4, thus making a solid whip-body lower portion of a Whip-that is to say, the construction. Said body is then rounded and 2o handle or butt part thereof and a portion of given the proper form, and is smoothed and the same extending beyond said handle, havfinished in the ordinary manner preparatory I ing a lining applied thereto according to my to the application of the whiplining 5 thereinvention-said figure showing the plaiting to. The said whip-lining 5 extends in pracremoved from a portion of the whip-handle, tice upward around the whip-body from the 25 and from the most of that part of the whip handle part to or nearly to the tip of the above the handle in order to make clear the whip, and consists of the pyroxyline material disposition and application of said lining to known as celluloid. This is shown in Fig. a whip. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view 1 as applied in strips to the sides of the whip of the whip including the center piece, the body under the usual braided plaiting 6, and 8o 0 sidings, the chuck-pieces, the lining, and the is tightly bound thereon by the latter. Said plaiting. Fig. 3 illustrates a strip of the linstrips extend longitudinally of the whip and ingmaterial below described. Fig. at is aside are preferably arranged edge to edge around elevation of a part of a whip, showing the the same, the result of which arrangement beabove-mentioned inner parts which constiing that said strips are brought to such posi- 8 5 3 5 tute the whip body or stock and a modified tions relative to each other as renders them arrangement of the lining material above reco-operative in offering the best elastic referred to, said lining in this figure being sistance to the fiexure of the whip. As above shown partly enveloped by plaiting. stated, said lining-strips 5, of celluloid, are

In the drawings,2indicates the center piece tightly bound around the whip by the over- 0 4o orcoreof thewhip; 3, thesidingsg, thechucklaying plaiting 6; but they are preferably pieces; 5, the lining; 6, the plaiting, and 7 the further secured against the surface of the whip-buttons. The said whip-core 2 is in whip-body by glue orasuitable similar cement practice either a compound or a single eleapplied between the strips and the body, ment that is to say, it is oftentimes made thereby constituting said strips more nearly 5 45 of rattan and rawhide or other similar elasa part of the whip-body and tending to imtic parts; but in this instance it is shown as prove their efficiency as an important elastic made of a single piece of material, and that element thereof. The said celluloid lining in the construction herein described is prefermay, if desired, be applied to the whip-body ably rattan, for the reason that it is elastic in sheet form, as shown in Fig. 4:, the said 50 and comparatively inexpensive, and when sheet enveloping the body and so arranged combined inawhip with the within-described that its edges either overlap or are brought edge to edge, and being secured to the whipbody under the plaiting in the manner of securing the said strips of celluloid, as described above.

The lining applied in the form of a series of strips of celluloid, as shown in Fig. 1, is found in practice to be preferable, inasmuch as a whip is thereby produced possessing the most desirable springy and flexible qualities.

lhe nature of celluloid peculiarly adapts it to use as a whip-lining for the following reasons: Itis elastic to a high degree, and when bent or sprung by the quick downward stroke of the whip it has a sharp reflex action, and it is impervious to dampness, and there fore the elastic action thereof as a whip-lining is the same whether the whip be dry or shall have been exposed to severe rain, and it serves to protect the body of the whip which it incloses against deterioration from moisture, thus greatly increasing the durability thereof and preserving it in the besteondition for use.

From an economical point of view the ad vantages derived from the use of celluloid as a whip-lining is very important, for it is sup plied to whip-makers at less than one-fifthof the price of whalebone, and a whip embodying it as a lining element in the manner here in described possesses the well known characteristics of a whalebone-whip to such a degree that it cannot be distinguished from the latter.

It is obvious that the above-described celluloid lining is adapted to be advantageously used with any suitably constructed whip-body, and therefore its use is in no way limited to a whip-body of any specific construction.

\Vha-t I claim as my invention is- 1. A whip consisting of a suitable body, an outer plaited covering, and a lining consisting of strips of celluloid laid longitudinally on said body and enveloping the same, interposed between said body and outer covering, substantially as set forth.

2. A whip consisting of a suitable body, an outer plaited covering, and a lining consisting of strips of celluloid laid longitudinally on said body with their edges abutting, interposed between said body and outer covering, 50

substantially as set forth.

GEORGE E. WIIIllLE. \Vitncsses:

A. F. LILLEY, R. A. BROWN. 

